How to Install and Uninstall xfonts-encodings Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "xfonts-encodings" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install xfonts-encodings on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                xfonts-encodings
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xfonts-encodings" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall xfonts-encodings on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                xfonts-encodings
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xfonts-encodings package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: xfonts-encodings
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Installed-Size: 668
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: all
Version: 1:1.0.4-2
Replaces: xfonts-base (<< 1:1.0.0)
Depends: x11-common
Filename: pool/main/x/xfonts-encodings/xfonts-encodings_1.0.4-2_all.deb
Size: 573352
MD5sum: bf33cbece37fd46973c403e61ce2db29
SHA1: aef61ab92d6d2fb08cc4db467425a178ea2e57d7
SHA256: 0c78884d7611aa86f7d42f91889f38e8f924d14d048e3cd65b827d02c215081e
Description-en: Encodings for X.Org fonts
This package contains the encodings that map to specific characters.
Description-md5: 756f2a9079a3a81226ce262c1c944fd7
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-desktop, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop